Duncan kenner



D, KENNER.

Mor.

APPLICATW: mmrmv. s., m2o. I Beissued Jan. 24, 1922. I 15,274.

UNITED sfra'ras PATENT OFFICE.

Mor.

'originale 1,219,355, ma september 11, 191s, seran No. 214,590, fura February 1, ma. sppumiqn Speclcation of Reissued Letters Patent.

Reissuerl Jan. 24, 1922.

for reillue led November 8, 1920. Serial No. 422,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN Kl-:NNi-m, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, in' the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Im )roved Mop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brushing and scrubbing, and has particular reference to mo s.

mong the objects of the invention is to rovide an improved type ofA mop that may lie effectively ycleansed and' wrung by hand operation,but without requiring the wetting or soiling of the opcrators hands.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter' described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed Aor suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same-parts in the several views andin which- Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of my proved mop showing in full lines the normal operative "position of the head and in dot and dash lines the position of the head for wringing.

' Fig.'2 is a vertical sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the.

wringing position; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

My improved mop comprises a straight rigid handle 1f)v of any suitable material'and proportions. At the upper end of the handle may be fixed any suitable crosshead 1I, or its equivalent, to facilitate. the twisting or wringing action referred to below. Y The v lower end of the handle is provided with a central longitudinal bore l2 which may extend for eight or ten inches along the handle from the extreme lower end thereof. and communicating with this bore 12 are any dc-' sired number of lateral or radial holes 13. The extreme end of the handle is preferably grooved circumferentially at 14, but the remaining portion ofV the handle is preferably strai ht or cylindrical although itv may be shoulldered at 15 Where the smaller lower cy'- lindrical end portion merges into the larger cylindrical end portion.

lar member' fitted loosely over thel lower end -of the handle. This member is made preferablyof metal or other suitable rigid material and is provided at its lower end with a. flaring flange 16. Above the flared lower 1G indicates a hollow cylindrical or tubu end of the sleeve I may attach a loo or bail 1 17. to -assist the operator in hol ing" the member stationary during the wringing action.

lVithin the memberor' between theA mem* ber and the lower end of the handlel() is located a coil spring 18. The lower end 'of the spring fitted in the groove 14 while all the remaining portion of the spring is simply fitted loosely or slidablyupon the handle up to the shoulder 15.

The spring therefore constitutes in effect an open mesh sleeve 'applied to or fitted over the hollow end o, the handle.

The" mop head or mop material 19 consists df any suitable fibrous mass ot material of a nature suitable for the purpose of the device, the mass being arranged in the form ofv a hollow cylinder with respect to the lower end of the handle. One end of the head is wrapped securely at 20 adjacent to the end of the coil 18 next to`the groove 14 whereby the end of the head will be secured to the handlepand at the same time the end of the spring will be supported.' The upper endof theI head is secured as by Wrap ping at 2l around the flanged or flaring"r end of' the member v16 whereby this end of the head is either heldstationary with the mem-' ber or is caused to partake of any movement that may be imparted to the member either' longitudinally or circumferentially with .respect to the handle.

In the operation of the mop which is or may be substantially the same asvany other ordinary mop so far as its cleansing action is concerned, the member 16 and the upper end of the head secured thereto occupies a position as indicated in Fig.2 or perhaps lower down toward the end of the' handle, the main or middle portion of the head thus extending or bagging below the ends of the handle and member. In the oleansing'and v wringing of the movthe operation is preferably as follows: ith the left hand for instance grasping the upper portion of the memberyltand with the fingers extending beneath the bail 17 andpwith the other hand grasping the upper end of the handle at the in or erosshead 11 the operator will extend the left hand downward' so that the head 19 Will bein a loose pliable condition where -it may be ,thoroughly rinsed and shaken to prbperly position the fibers thereof while loose. The operator then maintaining the samelgrasp upon lthe member 16 will draw for inst-antre, in thedireetion inulieated.y in

Fig. 3`\`vlfi` l{bytliehead` is put into a hard tivlstcauslng the Water to he squeezed. therefrom. Naturally `the water on `the outside of the head'` drains directly therefrom `and the.

water from the inner portion of the head drains 'freely tln'nupdi the spring-or between the coils thereof and thenee through the radial holes 13 into and inward throurrh the bore 12. The coil spring acts asaufllexihle core andthe fibrous strands of the head y.are

.wrong thereover` oragainst the saine if thehandle were not present.V It i'villluhe ap preciated that if the head were twisted or wrapped upon an imperforate handle-the f Water from the interior of the head would be largely retained therein. l'lowever, the presence of the spring 18 holds the mop niaterial away from .the handle and provides for the ready drainage of the refuse water'. Furthermore thek spring vconforms automatically to the handlev around which it is coiled, and inasmueh extendedfposition prior to the twisting or lwater from the interioro'f the Surface of the h'andleor through the bore l2,l I claim:

action Vhears directly against the follows ".tliatuvhiley the .head naturally shortens While twisting a portion of the eoil spring gripped thereby also `will shorten somewhat. but `in no event will the spring intercept the free discharge ot' the head along the wringing spring it.

ff yl. In a'lnop.,

a plurality of latleilalholes leadingoutward from said horeva;perviouswsleeve surround` ing the portion of the hand'lwhavmg the bore asthe head inthe upwardly i andhol'es, textile mop material having one portion thereof secured to the end ofthe handle having the bore, a. hand grip mow ably mounted upon the aforesaid sleeve, and means securing the 4other end of the material t-o said hand grip. i

2. `In a mop, the combination of a handle having a here extending from the lower end thereofy and having lateral holes' leading out Ward fromsaid bore to the surface of the handle, a Wire eoil surrounding,r the portion of the handle having the. bore and holes, a tubular.y member loosely fitted over the coil and movable with relation to the handle and eol both longitudinally andI circumferentially, and ytextile mop material surrounding the end of the handle having the bore and secured at` its opposite ends to the end of the: handley and to Suid tubular member respeotirely.

ln a? mop, the combination of a handle,

a pervious sleeve surrounding a portion the handle, mop material having one por-- tion thereof secured to the end of they handle, a hand grip movably mounted upon the aforesaid sleeve, and means securing the `other end of the material to said hand grip.

' 4'. In a mop, the combination ot a handle,

a. wire .eo'il surrounding a portion of the handle, yatiilnilar member loosely fitted over the coil Aand movable with relation tothe handle and eoil both longitudinally and eir-y eurnferentially, and mop material surroundfingthe end of the handle and secured at its opposite ends to the endv of the handle and to said tubular-member respectively.

In a mop, the combination ot a handle, a pervious sleeve surrounding a portion of the` handle and attaehedto one end of the same, mop material having one portion there of seem-ed to the said end of end of the head to saidhand grip.

y the handle, a`

handgrip movably mounted ui'ion the aiorev "said" sleeve, and means securing the other MH!` (i. In amop, the combination of a. handlev resilienthelix loosely sln'rounding a portiony of the handle and secured by Van end `to the'end of the handle, mop materiai hav;

ingu: portion thereof covering'they jointure ot helix and handle, a hand grip secured-to DUNCAN Kennen.

` the opposite end of the mop material and the gombination of a handle l having a longltudina'l boreat one end and,` 

